re:Member Data Services, Inc.                  Spring 1990 DECUS Submissions

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for the use or reliability of these submissions.  They may not be sold for
profit, but may be distributed freely otherwise.  Enjoy!

                                               Harry Flowers
                                               re:Member Data Services, Inc.
                                               1780 Moriah Woods Blvd. #6
                                               Memphis, TN  38117
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AAAREADME.TXT -	This submission documentation file

System management utilities:
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DISK_WATCHER.COM - Command file to run detached and monitor available disk
	space on all disk drives.  You set red and yellow alert levels, the
	interval to wait between checks, and who to notify and what action
	to take, if any.  Read beginning of command file for cautions and
	directions.  New version uses logical definition instead of file
	to shut down.  Can come in pretty handy.
	P.S. I just saw the review of the F89 version in "Pageswapper" today
	     (5/3/90); I applied the suggested fix for allocation-class disks.

RMSGLOBUF.COM - Show files with active RMS global buffers; handy for tuning
	buffers but rather slow... though still faster and MUCH easier than
	running INSTALL, ANALYZE/SYSTEM, DUMP, and then DIRECTORY by hand.
	(RMS global buffers are those enabled with SET FILE/GLOBAL_BUFFER=n
	and are typically used with shared indexed files to share the indices.)

DISMOUNT.COM - Stop all processes with open files on a drive before
	dismounting it.  Does not check for installed images, page or
	swap files, or files open on other nodes.  (I wrote this one
	morning while waiting for field service to come and swap the
	HDA.)

COPYKIT.COM - Command file to copy VMSINSTALable kits; works for VMS V5.0
	(as long as you upgrade, not install), but not V5.3 because of the
	way the savesets are split between tapes and the fact that the
	DECwindows kit doesn't have an "A" saveset.  Should work just fine
	for layered products.  Unlike VMSINSTAL, it preserves the original
	directory structure (needed for VMS upgrade tapes).  After BACKUP
	will copy savesets, this will no longer be needed to insure the
	integrity of the data.

General utilities:
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MENU.COM - DCL menu system; understands captive accounts (does nothing
	special with restricted accounts).  See beginning of command
	procedure for directions, end of command procedure for descriptive
	text.  New version (V1.8) contains performance enhancements over
	V1.6 which was on the Fall 1989 tape; see modification history for
	all changes.  It is very robust but still a bit slow on MicroVAXes.
	The options supplied are the ones I use and are there as examples.